Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-12
WHIqNEY'S DENIAL.
The Secretary Of the Navy Brands as
False All Statements Connecting
this Country With Bribery.
Treasurer Jordan Says There is
Great Demand for Small Notes Which
are Being Fast Supplied.
Remarkably Cheap Rate to be Given Sol
djers and Citizens to tho Great Wash
fDgtOn Dr1u IN May.
A BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

Whitney tonight furnished g statement
touching the method employed by the
Navy Department to procure plans for
naval vessels and machinery. Concern
ing the report OF the discharge of
Draughtsman Terry at the Chatham dock
yards, Eagiand, he says: "There is no
truth in any statement which connects
the Navy Department with anything
clandestire in the way of obtaining
plans abroad, or the secrets of for
eign governments. 1t is the business of
every government to know what imp e
mentS CT war are possessed
by the others, together with their
characteristics, and information can be
easily obtained if the nee essarV trouble is
taken without the necessity of resoIting
to any questionable method. Relative to
the purchase by the department of
designs made by Chief Constructor White
of the English admiralty, Secretary Whit
ney says Mr.. White was not chief con.
struCtOr Of the admiralty when he made
and the department purchased designs,
but was in the employ Of Sir William
Armstrong < Co. The Secretary cAarac-
partment' s advertisement soliciting the
submissj0nfot designs can be regarded as
an attemptkO bride foreign naval { III .crs.
SMALL MONEY.
WASHIN4ToN, Marcn II.-I1 converse
ton with tide Associated Press reporter
tonight as 10 the possibility of q 1iG8nCiai
pauic resulting from the accumulation Of
d surplus in lhe treasury, after all pay
able bonds were recalled, Treasurer Jer-
E1dan said he saw nothing il the present
tsSituftjon which Was at all likely TO cause
4 panic. There Was n0thing in the situa-
ton TO excite such fears. SHOULD pgniC
occur, however, Mr. Jordan saId
the government had fall power to
60 int the market and buy
! bC1ds in order to relieve
| the financial strain, although ne could not,
Of course, speak for the administration
of which he would soon cease to be a
member. He had no reason to suppose
this recourse would not be applied, as it
had been with success on other occasions.
The only trouble he epprehendad was
pressure for small currency, and this
pressure Wss being felt even now, and in
his opinion would continue until about
April 10. The government was meet
ing this demand as fast as possible
but could not supply it as fully as de-
sired. At this season Uf the year there
was always demand for small currency
and the treasury was unable to issue sill
yer certificates as fast as called for. This
was owing to no want OF provision on the
part Of the Treasury Department.
but to the failure OF the deficiency
bill which appropriated money
for the issue Of SILVER certificates.
The department had ample facilities bat
not sufficient money for the purpose.
There was 10 reason for alarm, however;
it was simply the spring demand for
small currency ard there were about
$+7 geo coo Of S. and $40 gold coins in
the New York SIb-Treasury alone, and
about $l00, 600 900 more Of small money
available with which TO meet any sHch
emergency. The department would sup
ply silver certificates as far as possible,
and any additional demand would simply
entail On the banks the d florence in cost
between the transportation OF silver GER
titlC@teS and other currency.
THE WASHINGTON DRILL.
WASHINGTON, March IA committee
CT The Southern Pass niger Agents Con
veutioU, which adjourned here recently,
has decided upon G. neral national drill
rate for all travellers under the intet state
commerce law. 1t is understood they
cannot make diSCrim nation in favor Of
.. rsOns, so the committee has decided t.
give o cheap soldiers rate TO citizen trav-
eiers also. Three-quarterS OF one cent
per mile is the rate fixed for parties of
not less than twenty five in one party for
snort line distance Travelled from all
points To Washington and return. This
rate, which applies to citizens aud sol.
dieTs, is the lowest ever given for similar
purposes, ABOUT One-half that given the
New Orleans exposition.
CHOLERA INFORMATION.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Sacre-
tary of State is informed that cholera has
spread through parts of the Chilian pro-
vInces of Acpngus and Valparaiso aud is
extending along the valley of the Acongua
towards the sea. At stations on the rail
road between Santiago and Valparaiso,
thirtY-fve miles from the latter, about
600 cases are so far reported, of which
about $50 proved fatal. Stringent sani-
tary measures have been adopted by the
authorities.
BREADsTUFFs SHIPPED.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE total
value of exports of domestic breadstutfs
during the month of February, 1887,
amounted to Sl1 $751; 46, as against Sl0,-
los, l57 for the same time in 1886; and for
the eight months ended FEBRUARY &c,
1887, Sl04, $40, 449 against S72.4Gl, 285 for
the corresponding period in 1886
WASHINGTON NOTES.
WASHINGTON, MsrGn 1.-THE circula-
ton of standard silver dollars is now
S57.2I4510 out of 3 total coinage OF
S256,471, 647. Silver certificates n cir
culation amount to $123. 290 800, deduct
ing which leaves 75!966,745 net stand
ard dollars in the Treasury
The gold coin and bullion in the treas
ury, less $40 ol3,0O5 gold certificates in
circulation, amounts to Sl75,284.977.
James S. David, agent of The Usage IN
dams of the Indian Territory has been
suspended by Indian Inspector Banuister
and Special Agent White temporarily
placed in charge.
D. Lynch PringIe Of South Carolina has